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Rating: I continue to describe my live experiences (what can I say? I have the opportunity, and when chances arise, I go everywhere) with the 2006 edition of the Heineken Jammin Festival, on the day of June 17th when headliners Metallica performed, in addition to other classics, their most famous album "Master of Puppets." Well, honestly, I don't really like the Imola (Autodromo) location, even though it's certainly much safer than the recent Mestre (VE), but, location aside, in the end, we were all fine, and in concerts, it's the music that counts, not where you are.
I arrived more or less halfway through the Trivium concert (No Rating) and I can't express a rating on their performance as I didn't hear it all, but the impression wasn't very good. Sure, "Ascendancy" was liked by many people, but I prefer its successor "The Crusade," and then Heafy didn't growl any songs and reinterpreted "Rain" and "Like Light To The Flies" in a Hetfield-style singing that didn't really suit the songs, and in the end, they didn't leave a good impression on me at all.
The Living Things (Rating: 7), on the other hand, didn't disappoint me at all. Sure, in the end, the genre was very different from the day's metal theme, but the old-style rock'n'roll spiced with punk rock outbursts wasn't bad at all. However, I didn't know the names of the songs, so, I'm sorry, I can't give you a hint of the setlist. Following were the Italian Lacuna Coil (Rating: 6.5), who didn't impress. Sure, Cristina Scabbia is a beauty, but that's where the scenic aspect and live performance of the group end, as they simply deliver the best hits of their gothic discography like "Our Truth" or the Depeche Mode cover "Enjoy The Silence." I repeat, they have never been great from a live perspective, although they did a bit better than at the Gods of Metal 2005, where they were unfairly placed before Slayer and Maiden and after historical names like Obituary or Strapping Young Lad, crazy stuff! Returning to our Jammin Festival 2006, the following Avenged Sevenfold (Rating: 7.5) surprised a lot, a tight, substantial performance, rich with extraordinary sound compactness, the singer was very confident in himself, as were the guitarist and bassist, a band to follow more closely, although much of their performance was overshadowed by the beautiful cover of "Walk" by the legendary Pantera, which really felt like a heart-piercing blow, in short, the Jammin was finally about to take off, in conclusion, really well done!
Even the famous The Darkness (Rating: 7+) didn't disappoint; their show can be defined as a sort of hard rock revival, owing everything to names like Thin Lizzy, Queen, but especially AC/DC, the band of Angus Young really runs in the blood of these English guys! So much so that they also played the cover of "Highway To Hell" (!!!!!beautiful) sung by the bassist if I remember correctly, and the intro to "Thunderstruck," even their own pieces like the captivating "One Way Ticket To Hell... and Back" or "Black Shuck" are quite good, placing the Darkness before Metallica seemed less appropriate at first, but in the end, it turned out to be the right choice.
After a break for the famous match, here comes the intro of "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" announcing yet another Italian appearance by the Metallica (Rating: 8)! It was the first time I saw the 4 from San Francisco live, and initially, I was a bit disappointed; they weren't great, especially James was a bit too static. Maybe because after the good "Creeping Death," they badly ruined "Fuel" and the various "Wherever I May Roam" or "The Unforgiven" weren't taking off at all, but when they kicked off with some 80s ferocity, the legendary "Battery," opening track of that monstrous "Master of Puppets," everyone went wild, really an amazing performance, from "Battery" to the concluding "Damage INC" (at the end a great photo of Cliff Burton on the screen moved us all). A real Metallica concert from that point on, they played decidedly better, after "MOP" (great performances of "Sanitarium" and "Orion" with a not bad Rob, it was surely the show's main course), the second part of the show begins, with the solid "Sad But True," "Nothing Else Matters," "One," and the ever-dragging "Enter Sandman." I don't remember well at what point of the concert they played the new song, but I remember perfectly that it was really bad, a shattered hope for the new album, but Rob recently declared that it won't be played that way on the album (whew... better this way)! The encores granted were "Last Caress," a famous Misfits cover, and the inevitable "Seek & Destroy." In conclusion, they were quite worthy of the name they carry, even though they are now devoid of that "metal" energy and grit they had in ancient tours (like the monstrous tour of '91, supporting the "black album" which went on for a long time).
An uneven show with moments of pure adrenaline (the Metallica during the "MOP" performance or Avenged Sevenfold or The Darkness) but also moments of boredom and disinterest (Lacuna Coil and Trivium, in particular)!
Goodbye
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